Cold temps, warm hearts!

Our end of  Lake Superior is now frozen over.  It has been interesting to watch.  There have been a few patches that have unfrozen when the sun shines even if it is not above freezing.   

Sister Simpson (left) is going home and it's pretty sad around here.  She was serving here in Duluth when we arrived so it will be hard to have her go.  The sisters come by our apartment pretty often so it will be different.  Sister Shumway is luckily staying though, and we hear that her new companion is from Texas ;and has an accent. I hope she brought a coat!

  

So, Sister Simpson was making brownies to take to a baptism.  Her plan was to make them while we had our weekly breakfast.  She carefully wrapped her egg in two layers of foil and cushioned by a paper towel for traveling to our apartment.  As she was taking her brownies from the oven, they looked kind of strange. That was when Elder Stratton asked if that was her egg there on the counter.  Yup.  She thought her brownines were ruined but Brother Faerber liked them!  She went ahead and made new ones, with an egg!

Shannon's baptism in Duluth.  She was taught by Sister Simpson and Sister Shumway in Duluth.  Brother Faerber baptized her.

 
The very next weekend we attended Trevor's baptism in the Carlton Branch.  He was taught by Sister Curtis and Sister Wooley and also Sister England (not pictured).  Trevor has played a lot of football and after coming up out of the water said, "touchdown!"  

We have visited several seminary classes.  We went to the temple for a baptismal session with the Carlton Branch last Saturday. Then we went to a senior missionary Valentine party.  It is so fun for us to get together with other senior missionary couples.  Such a lot of things to talk about!  Even if we have to go to Minneapolis to see them.


On our way driving back to Duluth we saw this rig on the highway driving north.  On this trailer there are three dog sleds.  Yes, it did take us several guesses before we figured them out.  The holes in the side of the trailer indicate a box that has a dog in it.  You could see the hay for them to lay on in their box.  We didn't see any dogs because it was REALLY cold and they were staying out of the wind.  Just another interesting thing about Minnesota.